Swelling on the wall of my Uterus
WHEN I was 24 weeks pregnant my doctor asked me to go for an ultrasound scan to assess the development of the baby and to check if all was well. It is during this scan that the radiologist noticed I had a swelling on the wall of my uterus. On further observation he told me…
Read MoreI Took Pills Even After Agreeing To Have A Baby
EDD-15 FEBRUARY 2007 AT first I wasn’t prepared for a baby. I was still fifty-fifty but my husband was like, ‘Let’s have a baby!’ He kept on encouraging me that we should have one but I would tell him to wait. A time came when he said he could wait no more. Had you just…
Read MoreFailure -‘it happened to me but I have taken it in stride…’
‘I can now confirm that there is no form of contraceptive that is 100% safe,’says Mercy Maingi, who got pregnant while using a coil. She shares her experience with Pregnant Staff Writer Emma Odaba SHE had used the coil for one and a half years after getting her last baby when she started feeling sickly.’…
Read MoreMoney made mum mad
Ajiambo, a young career woman working in Nairobi, reveals her Baby Budget Seven months into my pregnancy in September, I had a problem with my back and the treatment cost me four thousand shillings. I was in college and relying fully on my parents for fees and upkeep, so you can imagine what a task…
Read MoreAngela Ndambuki of Tatuu talks about her pregnancy and reveals the baby’s father
‘I confessed it now I posses it !’ WE were having lunch at a city restaurant when I told him I was pregnant,’ says Angela Ndambuki, popularly known as ‘Angie’ or ‘Rabbo.’ According to her, Roy Mutungi, her boyfriend of two years, looked dumbstruck. He had called her on phone severally that morning wanting to…
Read MoreJuliet Mbindyo- Intact regardless
Has your eating changed? Yes. Now I have snacks in between meals. Otherwise, I have no cravings as such. How is your social life? Is it different from what you had before? My social life hasn’t changed. I’m still doing what I used to. Friends and family still have the same access to me. I…
Read MoreI took pills even after agreeing to have a baby
‘I took pills even after agreeing to have a baby’ EDD—15 February 2007 At first I wasn’t prepared for a baby. I was still fifty-fifty but my husband was like, ‘Lets have a baby!’ He kept on encouraging me that we should have one but I would tell him to wait. A time came when…
Read MoreLabour and delivery journal
Nelson Ngaara ‘My wife, Anne Irungu, used to be very active before she got pregnant,’ says Nelson Ngaara. ‘She would dance and sing around the house but after she became pregnant she slowed down and become quiet. She would read materials from the internet and magazines about pregnancy. She also became very keen about children.’…
Read MoreFacing a caesarean section
This is a legacy edition story. True stories of past pregnancies in yester days (or years), as published in Pregnant Magazine. Pauline Chola is now in her fourth pregnancy. She says her husband is prepared for this C-section, unlike the previous one, which was necessary after her baby was found to have failed to turn…
Read MoreBahati’s struggle to wed pure
‘Here comes the bride… see how she smiles…’, was the song Gideon Gatere presented to his lovely bride, Bahati Mbaruku, as she strutted down the aisle. To say Bahati was thrilled is an understatement; she was ecstatic. As she walked slowly to the front of the church with her parents on either side, she couldn’t…
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